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Oh, and at some point, Stubhub got rid of the Car Camping category and now grouped them into the 3-day GA sales (noting the GA pass includes car-camping in the notes field). This is something they should have done early-on so that car camping passes ARE sold with the GA bracelet they came. Nevertheless, it's progress.

Originally Posted by dj12inches

What makes me qualified? I've watched EVERY fucking episode of American Idol, and every single episode of The Voice...Forget that I won departmental music awards when I was in the 8th grade choir.

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Originally Posted by PlayaDelWes

Oh, and at some point, Stubhub got rid of the Car Camping category and now grouped them into the 3-day GA sales (noting the GA pass includes car-camping in the notes field). This is something they should have done early-on so that car camping passes ARE sold with the GA bracelet they came. Nevertheless, it's progress.

Where did you happen to see this on StubHub? When I search there, all I can find for sale are individual tickets/wristbands or companion tent/car camping passes.
It seems ridiculous that you can't associate the camping passes with the tickets with which they were originally purchased.

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Originally Posted by subfugitive

Where did you happen to see this on StubHub? When I search there, all I can find for sale are individual tickets/wristbands or companion tent/car camping passes.
It seems ridiculous that you can't associate the camping passes with the tickets with which they were originally purchased.

They are there...in the "Coachella Music Festival Pass Tickets..." section. Burried and not really sortable.

Originally Posted by dj12inches

What makes me qualified? I've watched EVERY fucking episode of American Idol, and every single episode of The Voice...Forget that I won departmental music awards when I was in the 8th grade choir.

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I called stubhub about a month ago and they had no idea that the passes had to be sold together. I had to talk to a manager and they said they were going to "talk to coachella and work on that". So I'm glad they got that all figured out.

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Things are looking up for the procrastinators and the broke-ass. Now they, too, will have the opportunity to Instagram Coachella: turns out that ticket prices have dropped considerably, even more so than predicted. Considering the festival starts on Friday, if you had any thoughts of going, now is the time to buy.

So, how much will you have to pay?

It turns out that, according to our homie DJ Premvaree over at SeatGeek, "secondary market" tickets on sites like eBay and StubHub have been averaging $421.66 for the past nine days.

That's pretty sweet, considering that after going on sale in January and immediately selling out, the $300 face-value tickets were being re-sold for double that or more.

So, the fact that you're able to procure tix for not all that much more now is pretty impressive, especially compared to last year, when the average price was almost $800 just two weeks before the festival, and still about $550 the week of.

In that context $420 is a pretty good deal. And if you're willing to hold out until the second weekend they're often even cheaper.

So what gives? Why are they so damn cheap this year? Don't folks know that Eminem, Warren G, and Wiz Khalifa are joining join Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg for their set on Sunday? Here's what's up...

For one thing, the second weekend takes a lot of the pressure off, considering there's now twice as many tickets to go around.

For another, there's that damn bad weather predicted. (Don't worry, though; even if you won't be able to sport bikini tops we've still got some sweet outfits you can wear.)

But, c'mon, let's be honest: If it does rain, it'll be next to nothing; a tenth of an inch is the figure we've heard. And "bad weather" is relative for we spoiled southern Californians. When folks in other states have days in the mid-60s in April they freaking rejoice.

So it's settled: Stop crying, and start packing.

Originally Posted by dj12inches

What makes me qualified? I've watched EVERY fucking episode of American Idol, and every single episode of The Voice...Forget that I won departmental music awards when I was in the 8th grade choir.

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Just remember: Prices shown for sale on stubhub are not "what tickets are going for". You have to look at actual sales for that. At anytime, lower passes show up (due to new people pricing to sell or just lowering their prices) and people buy those because they have a price alert set or they are finally in their range.

Also, remember Mondays and Tuesdays had the best prices.

Originally Posted by dj12inches

What makes me qualified? I've watched EVERY fucking episode of American Idol, and every single episode of The Voice...Forget that I won departmental music awards when I was in the 8th grade choir.

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Originally Posted by Corona89

You shouldn't get stuck paying more than face this year, regardless of which weekend you're attending.

I hope you're right. I fucked up and missed the presale this year and then couldn't get a weekend 1 pass during regular onsale. I keep waiting for prices to drop down to a reasonable price and I think they will eventually. But man, I'm stressing the longer I have to wait.